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History of the elections / Elections in Brazil

 
 

ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL
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| 500 years of elections | Elections in four steps

From wax to electronics - Initially, votes were deposited in wax balls called pelouros; later, there were the wooden boxes, then iron and canvas ballot boxes, until the computerized vote was implemented in the entire country in 2000, through electronic ballot boxes, which made the nearly immediate counting of votes possible. 

 

 

John VI, by J.B. Debret, 1816. National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro. Image: Ministry of External Relations Design for the painting "Bandeirantes", Sérgio Ferro. Image: Ministry of External Relations
 
 
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